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Author
Carvel, R. O. | Beard, A. N. | Jowitt, P. W. | Drysdale, D. D.
Title
Variation of Heat Release Rate With Forced Longitudinal Ventilation for Vehicle Fires in Tunnels.
Coporate
Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, Scotland Edinburgh Univ., Scotland
Journal
Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 36, No. 6, 569-596, September 2001
Keywords
tunnels | tunnel fires | heat release rate | ventilation | fire growth | fire spread | automobile fires | methodology
Identifiers
Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV); Bayesian methods; transport tunnels; summary of k ranges allocted a high likelihood for a HGV fire in the growth phase; summary of k ranges allocted a high likelihood for a HGV fire at maximum heat release rate; summary of values of likelihoods used for the case of a car fire